VirusTotal.com are sites that provide services to analyze data that contains a virus is suspected or other things similar, and can detect the virus quickly online. Specification services provided Virus Total, among others:
free and independent service
using a variety of antivirus programs
Automatic updates
display details of any detailed antivirus program
global statistics in real time
Virus Total has received awards from PC World Magazine U.S. edition as one of the 100 best products in the year 2007 in the category Security Website. This site is a service developed by Hispasec Sistemas, which is an independent IT Security laboratory using several versions of antivirus programs are updated periodically. Several parties who participated in the antivirus Virus Total with them include:
AhnLab (V3)
AntiyLabs (Antiy-AVL)
Aladdin (eSafe)
ALWIL (Avasti Antivirus)
Authentium (Command Antivrus)
AVG Technologies (AVG)
Avira (AntiVir)
Cat Computer Services (Quick Heal)
ClamAV (ClamAV)
Comodo (Comodo)
CA Inc. (Vet)
Doctor Web Ltd. (DrWeb)
Emsi Software (ESET NOD32)
Fortinet (Fortinet)
FRISK Software (F-Prot)
F-Secure (F-Secure)
McAfee (VirusScan)
Microsoft (Malware Protection)
Tools that support among other Virus Total PEiD, pefile, TriD (Marco Pontello) and PDFID (Didier Stevens). Virus Total is also provide services in at least 23 languages other than English, including Polish, Czech, German, Mandarin, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, Korean, and others.
Please note that the Virus Total is not a substitute for antivirus software because it only scan the files on request and not a permanent protection for the user. Although detection is supported by some antivirus, but DOES NOT guarantee that a file is really clean or safe from viruses. Because, until now no solution can offer 100% effectiveness to detect the virus.
